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GLSSA opener. Car ran great. Driver was better than last year when we won the 2nd race of the weekend. Bottom line? Won 1 rd in 2 days of racing, Try again in St Louis in 3 weeks. Lost rd 2 on Saturday by .018. Little late my .042 to his .026. Lost 1st rd today my .031 9.023 on a 9.02 to his...

Made some toe plates to more accurately check alignment. Noticed it towed out 1/2" over 4" of up travel. While adjusting the tow sleeves afterward happened to look thru the wheel. Quite the shock. Fortunately Summit had parts in stock. Shipped in one day. I love Summit. All better now. It gave...

How are you preparing for the season? Our season starts 1 month from today. We will be on vacation for a week this month, so only 3 weeks to get it done. Last year my 1000+ pass used T&D rockers developed a crack in one rocker. Over the winter T&D made a new set. Cam has over .825 " lift on the...

This was touched on in another thread. So rather than clog that one up a here is a new thread. In my years of drag racing it's been a focus of quick consistent reaction times. What does that entail? Three items. The car the driver, and where you stage. Practice for the driver to be consistant is...

Last year moved the cooler from under the drivers seat to the front behind the bumper. Didnt want to attach it to the radiator as the radiator/fans remove in 5 minutes. Making 3 runs in less than an hour trans can get to 250°. Thought about a fan for the cooler. But the car has 2 huge fans. Why...

Long standing NMCA and NMRA series are done. Doug ProMedia LLC, home of the NMRA Ford Nationals and NMCA Muscle Car Nationals to cease production of motorsport events beyond 2024.

My friends Dave (N/SS), Mark (Gen 3), my son Scott (N/SS & Pro), and I (N/SS) made the trip from michigan down to Norwalk. Great seeing lots of friends that we don't get to see often enough. Friday started out well for me After Q2 car was #2 out of 44 . Entered the Gamblers no box race running...

Oil pan is straightrned and welded. Leak checked it with air and soapy water. Then filled it with water for 3 days. All back on the car. My wife did an awesome job repairing the daiper. New wheelie bar is on. Went to wax the K frame. Thought I saw a piece of hair on it. Nope, cracked. It's...

After last weekends stumble and hesitate fiasco. The fuel pump gave up. Installed the spare along with getting the original repaired. Pulled the carbs apart. They were fine, found nothing. I asked many knowledgable racers and tuners if they had ever seen a fuel pump cause this issue without...

My son and I went down to Columbus for the NSS Bash. He wanted to do some carb testing. So we got there Friday for T&T. The carb changes worked on the leave. But that created wheel spin. Took a few passes but some shock adjustment cured it. He had made a air pan to seal the carbs to the scoop...

Went to 131 for 2 events this weekend. Ran the NMCA vs GLSSA shoot out featuring N/SS, S/S, Stock 32 car field. Then NMCA N/SS. Since N/SS is index and the shoot out was dial-in I made the decision to dial 9.25 for every run in both classes. Fridays weather was really good. This was my first...

Well not as much sucess as earlier this year. Milan Dragwy has a once a month Stock S/S series. The June 16th race was going good. We qualify on R/T. My son was #[email protected], My buddy Dave #[email protected], and I was #3 @.006. We are all N/SS foot brake w/no rpm chip vs NHRA S/S and stockers. All was good...

Loading the car after the race, no reverse or 3rd. Then both 3rd and rev worked fine 2 minutes later. What the hell it ran fine all weekend. Heard the rear brakes making noise before the last pass. Tires had no wear holes left. Pulled the tires and wheels. New tires were here before last...

Went to mid Michigan Motorplex for the second and third races of the GLSSA series. Additionaly there was a N/SS only shootout and Stick shift only shoot out on Friday night. We ended up in the final. But my poor .075 r/t forced me to go under taking the stripe. So a runnner up it was. The stick...

OP master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,849 MI, usa So I didn't elaborate on my entire trip in Saturday. My son Scott and I went down to Columbus For the weekends Buckeye stock S/S races. Started by running into a freeway closure so jumped over to US23. A Chysler 300 vs semi shut that down at the...

Lost first rd at the Buckeye stock S/S event at Columbus. Did win $100 for the best 1st rd losing package. Gave up the stripe, .0115 computer said If I ran it all out it would've been .0120 quicker. Try again tomorrow. Doug

After all the thrash in the past two weeks, my son and I headed to the season opener at Mid Michigan Motorplex for the Great Lakes Stock Super Stock series. Saturday on the first qualifier my son Scotts car developed a loud banging. oil pressure was good. We looked it over after towing back...

First off let me state God was watching over me. In my last post we were in trans repair mode for the sprag. Now reinstalling the trans. Rotating the crank to install the 3rd converter bolt, crank stops, dead. Won't move either way more than 2-3 degrees. Don't want to force it backward with the...

Went to change the fluid and found a couple of familiar pieces in the pan. As expected, a sprag failure. Caught in time. It has the upgraded Super Sprag. Fortunately caught when it only damaged the spring cage and inner cam. Rest of the trans looks great as always. Runs aprox 900 hp at 3350 -...

The debut of the turbo Duster at the Detroit Autorama went well. Grabbed 1st in class. Also recieved the Master Builder award. That award pooled all the cars at the show not built in profesional shops. Pretty proud of that one since it was built in my garage. Jeff was on cloud nine. Doug